Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education

Edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky

Written by academics from coast to coast, essays range from the theoretical to the empirical, and from substantive concerns influencing students' lives to those involving governance issues

The various impacts of educational inequalities on black, Aboriginal, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered, and working-class students are considered anew, and, in some cases, for the first time

Each chapter ends with Study Questions, Recommended Readings and Websites, and a Glossary of Terms to better aid students in their understanding of the material

Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education

Edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky

Description

This outstanding collection of original essays written by academics from coast-to-coast examines the complex relationship between school and society. Chapters range from the theoretical to the empirical, and from substantive concerns affecting student's lives to those affecting governance issues. Taking a critical approach, the text urges readers to ask difficult questions about teaching and schooling. By illustrating the multiple sociological forces that come into play for educators and learners, Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education challenges the reductive and pragmatic approach adopted in conventional education courses.

Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education

Edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky

Table of Contents

IntroductionSection One: Theory and Practice 1. New Institutional Theory and the Weberian Tradition, Scott Davies and David Zarifa2. Feminist Approaches to the Sociology of Education in Canada, Jane Gaskell3. Assessing Pierre Bourdieu's Theoretical Legacies for Feminist Sociology of Education: Culture, Self, and Society, Jo-Anne Dillabough4. Theorizing Anti-Racism, George J. Sefa Dei5. Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education, and Black Feminist Pedagogy, Joyce Barakett and M. Ayaz Naseem6. The Stranger Side of Education: A Dialogue with Psychoanalysis, Lisa Farley and Judith P. RobertsonSection Two: Process and Equity 7. Streaming In/For the New Economy, Alison Taylor and Harvey Krahn8. School Rules, Bodily Discipline, Embodied Resistance, Rebecca Raby9. African Canadian Students, Identity, and Diaspora Literacy, Jennifer R. Kelly and Lorin G. Yochim10. Rethinking Culture Theory in Aboriginal Education, Verna St. Denis11. Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism for all Children in Canadian Schools: A Responsibility of Educational Leaders, Gerald Walton12. Class Encounters: Working Class Students at University, Wolfgang Lehmann13. 'The Future is Female': Mapping Postmodernist Panics over Failing Boys and Over-Successful Girls in the UK and Canada, Jessica Ringrose14. The Road to School Leads Out of Town: Rurality and Schooling in Atlantic Canada, Michael CorbettSection Three: Reforms and Consequences 15. Education Governance in Canada, 1900-2003: Trends and Significance, Claude Lessard and André Brassard16. British Columbia: Whose Education? What Reform?, Charles Ungerleider and Ernest Krieger17. Painting the Mountain Green: Discourses of Accountability and Critical Practice, Ann Vibert18. The Assault of Neo-Liberalism on Education Reform, Restructuring, and Teaching in Ontario Secondary Schools, Goli Rezai-Rashti19. Race, Parents, and the Organization of Education Policy Discourse in Ontario, Kari Dehli20. Public Schooling, Public Knowledge, and the Education of Public School Teachers, Don Dippo, Marcela Duran, Jen Gilbert, and Alice Pitt21. The Privatization of Higher Education in Canada, Claire Polster

Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education

Edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky

Author Information

Cynthia Levine-Rasky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Queen's University in Canada. Her current and proposed research concerns the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and class among parents involved in choosing schools for their children.